Gender and Economic Development — Unit test Answers

Which of the following statements about quotas in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is false?

Creating export processing zones, passing tax laws that favor businesses, and encouraging outsourcing __________.

How much of the United States female population works outside of the home?

What effect do tax incentives have on economic development?

All of the following are examples of unpaid labor, except __________.

The next best alternative given up when making a choice is called the __________.

All of the following jobs could be placed in the quinary economic sector except __________.

Which of the following statements about the economies of the world is false?

According to Walt Rostow's modernization model, a country becomes developed when __________.

Underdeveloped nations have high birth rates, high death rates, and low life expectancies. Based on what you have learned about barriers to economic development, why do underdeveloped nations have these demographics?

Which of the following organizations emerged from a conference held to provide a framework for global economic cooperation after World War II?

Imagine that you are a leader of a country that is facing extreme nationwide poverty. From which organizations would you seek assistance, and why? What kind of assistance could you expect to receive?

Using complete sentences, explain negative consequences associated with limiting women's property rights.

Read the passages below and answer the question that follows. Malaria, a disease spread by mosquitoes, infects about 300 million people a year and causes about 1 million deaths a year. Children are most vulnerable to the disease, whereas most adults rebound fairly quickly. Many NGOs work to disseminate mosquito nets in sub-Saharan Africa in an effort to reduce the incidence of malaria, but results have been limited. Experts state that a different approach is needed to resolve this major health epidemic, including taking suggestions from the very people who are affected by the disease. Why is it important to include the people affected by malaria in developing ways to prevent the disease? What are some of the suggestions they might make?